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Follow these tips to boost Vista performance

June 22, 2007 7:13am PDT

Vista can be a performance hog, but there are many ways you can tweak the OS components to speed it up. See what actions you can take to remove bottlenecks and optimize Vista.

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Don't wait to address performance problems on a project

March 25, 2008 1:20pm PDT

Managing people is one of the core responsibilities of a project manager. It's also one that's uncomfortable for many. Dealing with problem people is one of the difficult aspects of managing team...

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Five tips for improving application performance management

May 16, 2011 7:54am PDT

To make sure your applications are performing as they should, you need monitoring systems -- but you also need to be looking at the right measurements in a systematic way. Here are a few...

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Five apps that provide more performance using less resources

May 7, 2013 12:31pm PDT

With the right app you can get high performance without taking up a large amount of resources.

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How do I... Publish a custom application performance counter in C#?

April 7, 2008 12:52pm PDT

One important aspect of enterprise level application development is the need to monitor processes and determine if those processes are working as intended. One often overlooked solution to this...

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Five tools for managing employee performance reviews

November 28, 2011 4:23pm PST

Performance reviews can trigger an avalanche of work, but the right app will prevent you from being overwhelmed by the task.

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Top apps for network monitoring

December 20, 2011 9:46am PST

You can prevent a lot of performance issues by keeping a close watch on your network with the right tools. Scott Lowe recommends these five apps to simplify the job.

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Salesforce's Rypple puts a social spin on performance reviews

March 16, 2012 4:52am PDT

At a Cloudforce in San Francisco, Salesforce.com COO George Hu demos the company's new social based HR performance management tool. Rypple uses social tools to set goals and objectives and...

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Adobe scrapping yearly performance reviews

April 3, 2012 6:27am PDT

Adobe Systems is scrapping yearly performance reviews in favor of more real-time feedback from managers.

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Keep tabs on ReadyBoost with Windows 7's Performance Monitor

March 24, 2010 8:52am PDT

To see ReadyBoost in action, you're going to have to keep tabs on it with Windows 7's Performance Monitor. Greg Shultz shows you how to do just that.

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Spotlight: Gunnar i-AMP digital performance glasses

August 27, 2010 2:05pm PDT

Gunnar i-AMP Digital Performance eyewear is designed to be worn while working at a computer to minimize eyestrain. Take a look at these product photos on this little geek in training.

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Spotlight: UniBlue PowerSuite performance maintenance tools

July 24, 2010 11:08am PDT

UniBlue PowerSuite of software contains RegistryBooster, SpeedUpMyPC, and DriverScanner.

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Spotlight: EnhanceMySe7en performance maintenance

October 6, 2010 8:14am PDT

EnhanceMySe7en solves the problem of keeping Microsoft Windows 7 maintained without having to install multiple applications for different tasks.

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Get the most out of your yearly performance review

January 6, 2010 5:37am PST

What you say in your performance review is not all that different than what you would include in your resume. Here are some tips.

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Performance monitoring in VMware Workstation

December 25, 2008 1:00am PST

Have you ever been running virtual machines concurrently and felt one of them was causing a problem to your host system? You might just want to do some performance testing or see how much...

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Analyze Windows XP memory usage with a customized version of Performance Monitor

September 13, 2010 11:29am PDT

Greg Shultz shows how to create a customized Windows XP Performance Monitor console to track memory usage and interpret the results.

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Employee feedback: Regularity and consistency should be the rule

October 4, 2010 6:40am PDT

Doing yearly performance appraisals can be tough, particularly if you've you've failed to keep employees regularly apprised of progress, areas of excellence, or areas that need improvement.

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Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best?

March 10, 2009 7:26am PDT

How does the latest leaked build of Windows 7 (7048) compare to the beta 1 (build 7000), Vista SP1 and XP SP3 in terms of performance? According to my Hardware 2.0 inbox, this is a question that...